Budgets and Deficits

Copies of President Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget set out for distribution on Capitol Hill in March. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Congressional Budget Office downgrades fiscal outlook, but not because of debt

Joseph Lawler -

July 15, 2014 2:43 pm

Business

Obama to press for action on transportation funds

Jim Kuhnhenn -

July 14, 2014 10:52 pm

FILE- Retiree Evelyn Smith, left, protests near the federal courthouse in Detroit on July 3, 2014. Ballots submitted by city workers, retirees, pensioners and other creditors likely will determine how quickly Detroit exits its historic bankruptcy. On Monday, July 14, 2014, city lawyer Heather Lennox told federal Judge Steven Rhodes that the results of voting by retirees on a proposed bankruptcy settlement should be reported the week of July 21, 2014. General retirees would see a 4.5 percent cut and also lose annual inflation adjustments. Police officers and firefighters would lose a portion of their annual cost-of-living payment. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Business

‘Complicated’ Detroit bankruptcy vote out July 21

Ed White -

July 14, 2014 10:47 pm

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over how to fund highway repair projects this summer. (Thinkstock)

Infrastructure

White House backs GOP highway bill, putting it at odds with Democrats

Brian Hughes -

July 14, 2014 10:24 pm

A U.S. veteran with post-traumatic stress sits in a segregated holding pen at the Cook County Jail after he was arrested on a narcotics charge in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Healthcare

U.S. jails struggle with role as makeshift asylums

adam-geller -

July 14, 2014 1:20 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett fields questions from the media during a news conference Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)

Tom Corbett veto exposes GOP divisions in Harrisburg

Mark Scolforo -

July 14, 2014 1:18 pm

Gov. Robert Bentley's opposition to new state taxes during his first term could change in a second term. (AP)

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley looking at all possibilities on revenue

Phillip Rawls -

July 14, 2014 1:16 pm

Immigration

Obama wants to make this week all about infrastructure

Brian Hughes -

July 14, 2014 11:46 am

HUD program, meant to help, actually hurts, IG reports

Kelly Cohen -

July 13, 2014 5:31 pm

National Security

New York disburses $185M in security funding

Washington Examiner -

July 12, 2014 1:31 pm

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Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Obama to press for action on transportation funds

‘Complicated’ Detroit bankruptcy vote out July 21

White House backs GOP highway bill, putting it at odds with Democrats

U.S. jails struggle with role as makeshift asylums

Tom Corbett veto exposes GOP divisions in Harrisburg

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley looking at all possibilities on revenue

Obama wants to make this week all about infrastructure

HUD program, meant to help, actually hurts, IG reports

New York disburses $185M in security funding

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